The international conference on ‘Designing for Children’ was held in February 2010 in Mumbai, India, hosted by the Industrial Design Centre (IDC) at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB). This event was dedicated to discussions and deliberations on design issues pertinent to children, focusing on the design of objects, media, and environments with an emphasis on ‘play and learn’. It was tailored to engage students, educationists, practicing designers, and child-focused interest groups. The conference was designed to be dynamic, interactive, and thought-provoking, offering an excellent platform for attendees to interact with thought leaders and gain insights from researchers' visions. Through a series of lively sessions, the event aimed to shed light on the critical role of design in enhancing children's experiences and development.

New Product Innovation is the first of the seminar courses on 'Innovation by Design' that acquaints you with three key aspects of product innovation: creative ideation, collaboration, and a checklist for innovation. The seminar was conducted from August 8, 2018 to Friday, August 10, 2018 at IDC IIT Bombay. The course thus equips you with the basic tools to think outside the box in order to come up with new, successful products. Ideas are the very seed of innovation. Creative ideation is where innovation originates and finds direction. This course shares with you valuable, research-based insights on creativity in product innovation. Working with the help of analogies is a key aspect of ideation discussed in this context. Ideas can turn into innovative products only when designers come out of the confines of their own imagination to work with other people who are skilled in different domains. Collaborative working has become essential in the present world of rapid change and technological variation. Such a process of innovation can hardly be without its challenges. In order to anticipate, minimise, and meet these challenges at different stages in the process of innovation, it is important that innovators have a ready checklist containing critical minute points that go a long way in making a new product innovative.

The Typography Day was held for the seventh time on 28th February, 1st and 2nd March 2014 at the Symbiosis Institute of Design, Pune in collaboration with the Industrial Design Centre (IDC), Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay) and with support from the India Design Association (InDeAs) and Aksharaya. The theme was "Typography and Culture."The event had 600 participants.The event featured a day of workshops on typography and calligraphy followed by two days of conferences dedicated to 'typography and culture'. The international conference was devoted to addressing issues faced by type designers, type users, and type educators. The conference included presentations by invited keynote speakers, eminent academicians, blind juried papers, industry professionals, research scholars and students. The event also hosted an exhibition of selected posters and typographic works by students and faculty members from Design Institutes.

Typography Day was being organized for the eighth time, from 7th to 9th of March 2015, at the Industrial Design Centre (IDC), Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay), with support from the India Design Association (InDeAs) and Aksharaya. The theme for the year 2015 event was 'Typography, Sensitivity and Fineness’.The event featured a day of workshops on typography and calligraphy, followed by two days of conferences, which were dedicated to 'typography, sensitivity and fineness’. The international conference was devoted to addressing issues faced by type designers, type users, and type educators. The conference included presentations by invited keynote speakers, eminent academicians, blind juried papers, industry professionals, research scholars, and students. The event also hosted an exhibition of selected posters and typographic works by students and faculty members from Design Institutes.

The sixth edition of Typography Day was organised in 2013 at the Department of Design (DoD) at the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IIT Guwahati) in collaboration with the Industrial Design Centre (IDC) at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay) with support from the India Design Association (InDeAs) and Aksharaya. The theme for this year’s event was "Display Typography." That event featured a day of workshops on typography and calligraphy, followed by two days of a conference dedicated to display typography. The international conference was devoted to addressing issues faced by type designers, type users, and type educators. The conference includes presentations by invited keynote speakers, eminent academicians, blind juried papers, industry professionals, research scholars, and students. The event also hosted an exhibition of selected posters and typographic works by students and faculty members from design institutes in India.

Designing for Children 2009, held at IDC IIT Bombay on 6th–7th February 2009, served as a national platform to initiate discussions on integrating design and innovation into school curriculums. The conference aimed to highlight the importance of nurturing creativity and problem-solving skills in children from an early age through design-focused education. It brought together educators, policymakers, designers, and researchers to explore how design can be embedded into school systems to foster innovative thinking. Through keynote addresses, workshops, and panel discussions, the event sought to develop actionable strategies for incorporating design as a core element of the learning process, shaping future generations to think creatively and collaboratively.

Research: The Seed of Innovation' was an open seminar held at the IDC School of Design, IIT Bombay, on April 6, 2018. As the flagship event in the 'Innovation by Design' series, this one-day seminar highlighted how years of research generate new knowledge that drives innovation. It focused on the intersection of creativity, aesthetics, and visual representation. The seminar was an interactive platform where researchers exchanged ideas and built upon each other's work. It emphasised the importance of case studies in innovation research and explored various experimental scenarios that could contribute to the field. The event also led to the development of initial ideas for a paper on research methodology in innovation. Presenters had the opportunity to discuss potential collaborations on papers that would integrate insights and approaches from their respective research domains, making it a successful and productive gathering for advancing innovation research.

The Film Appreciation Course was a collaboration between the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune, the Industrial Design Centre (IDC) at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay, and the National Film Archive of India (NFAI), Pune. This 7-day short course took place from Tuesday, December 5, 2017, to Monday, December 11, 2017, in Mumbai.

The "Designing for Children 2010" conference was held on the 4th and 5th of February 2010 at the Industrial Design Centre (IDC), IIT Bombay. This conference addressed multiple aspects of childhood development, learning, and play through design, with an emphasis on the design of goods, services, and environments for kids. Experts in the subject convened at the landmark "Designing for Children 2010" conference at IDC IIT Bombay to talk about the future of children's design and its effects on society.

Typography Day 2011 was organized at the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad in collaboration with the Industrial Design Centre (IDC) at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay) with support from the India Design Association (InDeAs). The event included a seminar that was devoted to addressing issues faced by type designers, type users, and type educators. The program featured presentations on the first two days, followed by a day of workshops dedicated to typography and calligraphy.

The event Cumulus Mumbai 2015: 'In a Planet of Our Own' was being held in Mumbai, India, in December 2015, hosted by the IDC School of Design (IDC) at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay). This international event aimed to create design awareness on sustainability, focusing on water and simultaneously offering a platform for interaction for the art, design, and media communities. The events were centred around the interests of students, educationalists, and practicing professional designers. The event had been designed to be lively, interactive, and thought-provoking. It provided a great opportunity to converse with grandmasters of design, interact with thought leaders, and listen to visions by outstanding speakers. The event has shed light on the role of art, design, and media in an interconnected global world within the context of sustainability.

India - ‘home’ to sustainability and the world capital of NGO’s – welcomes those who admire, live, breathe and practice sustainability through green principles of design. The event 'in a planet of our own' is being held at Mumbai, India in November 2009 (re-scheduled), and is hosted by the Industrial Design Centre (IDC), which is a post-graduate design school at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, Mumbai. The event is being organised in partnership with DesigninIndia.net This international event is aimed at creating design awareness on sustainability and simultaneously offers a platform for interaction for the design community. The events are centered around the interests of students, educationists and practicing professional designers. The event has been designed to be lively, interactive and thought provoking and will provide great opportunity to converse with grandmasters of design, interact with thought leaders and listen to visions by outstanding speakers. The event is expected to throw light on the role of design in an interconnected global world within the context of sustainability. The major events during the design week are: 1. International Design Conference on Sustainability (requires registration) 2. Design Workshop on Sustainability for Students 3. National Meet on Sustainable Design Education 4. Design Carnival: Exhibition - Vision of sustainability from six continents 5. Design Carnival: Public Installations based on Sustainability

Industrial Design Day 2018 at IIT Bombay took place on Friday, June 29, 2018, at the Victor Menezes Convention Centre (VMCC). This event was organised by the IDC School of Design to commemorate the establishment of the World Design Organisation. The focus of the event was on the importance of design thinking across various sectors, including management, engineering, and the social sciences.

"Typography Day 2010" was held on Saturday, February 27 and Sunday, February 28 at the Sir J. J. Institute of Applied Art, Mumbai. The event has included a seminar that was devoted to addressing issues faced by type designers, type users, and type educators in the context of identity design. The program featured presentations, along with a whole day of workshops dedicated to typography. The event has been envisaged to provide an opportunity to interact with experts working in the field of typography in India.

For the ninth time, Typography Day was organized on February 25th to 27th, 2016 at Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Bangalore in collaboration with the Industrial Design Centre (IDC), Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay) with support from India Design Association (InDeAs) and Aksharaya. The theme for this year's event was "Typography and Education."The event featured a day of workshops on typography and calligraphy, followed by two days of conferences dedicated to 'Typography and Education'. The conference included presentations to address issues faced by type designers, type users, and type educators. The conference includes presentations by invited keynote speakers, eminent academicians, blind juried papers, industry professionals, research scholars, and students. The event also hosted an exhibition of selected posters and typographic works by students and faculty members from Design Institutes.

Typography Day was being organized for the Tenth time on February 23rd to 25th, 2017 at the Colombo Department of Integrated Design, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka in collaboration with the Industrial Design Centre (IDC), Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay) with support from India Design Association (InDeAs) and Aksharaya. The theme for this year's event was "Typography and Diversity." The event featured a day of workshops on typography and calligraphy, followed by two days of conferences dedicated to 'Typography and Diversity'. The international conference will be devoted to addressing issues faced by type designers, type users, and type educators. The conference includes presentations by invited keynote speakers, eminent academicians, blind juried papers, industry professionals, research scholars, and students. The event also hosted an exhibition of selected posters and typographic works by students and faculty members from Design Institutes.

"Typography Day 2009" was held on Monday, February 23 and Tuesday, February 24 at the MAEER's MIT Institute of Design, Pune. The event included a seminar that was devoted to addressing issues faced by type designers, type users, and type educators. The program featured presentations, along with a whole day of workshops dedicated to typography and calligraphy. The event has been envisaged to provide an opportunity to interact with experts working in the field of typography.

Automotive Styling & Design is a unique 6-day short-term course designed for a wider variety of professionals who are directly and indirectly involved in the development of the appearance of various types of automotive products like cars, motorcycles, trucks, buses, etc. It was conducted from March 20th–25th, 2017 at IDC, IIT Bombay. The course will provide comprehensive exposure to everything that goes into designing the visual appearance or aesthetics of the vehicle. Through a series of lectures and design demos from professors and industry experts, participants would be exposed to vehicle design trends, the journey from sketch to vehicle, skills, resources, tools, sketching, rendering, computer-aided styling (CAS), clay modelling, exterior-interior, instrument panel, colour-material finish, experience, and interaction design.

Typography Day was held for the eleventh time, on March 1st and 3rd, 2018 at Sir J.J. Institute of Applied Art in Mumbai, in collaboration with the Industrial Design Centre (IDC), Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay), and Aksharaya. The theme for that year's event was 'Beauty, Form, and Function in Typography'.The event was featured a day of workshops on typography and calligraphy followed by two days of conferences dedicated to 'Beauty, Form, and Function in Typography'. The international conference will be devoted to addressing issues faced by type designers, type users, and type educators. The conference included presentations by invited keynote speakers, eminent academicians, blind juried papers, industry professionals, research scholars, and students. The event also hosted an exhibition of selected posters and typographic works by students and faculty members from Design Institutes.

The fifth annual Typography Day was held in 2012 (1st–3rd March) at the Industrial Design Centre (IDC) at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay) with support from the India Design Association (InDeAs) and Aksharaya. The event included an international conference devoted to addressing issues faced by type designers, type users, and type educators. The theme of the event was "Typography in Publication Design".The conference featured presentations on the two days, preceded by a day of workshops dedicated to typography and calligraphy. Exhibitions on typography, posters, and newspaper publications were also hosted at the venue.

With the help of a committed group of project professionals and students, the Industrial Design Centre at IIT Bombay examined the issue of affordable housing from the perspective of an industrial designer. '4D Living' is an exhibition showcasing the concepts. This initiative's salient aspects include: providing users with 3D volume for efficient living on a small footprint; expanding and gradually transforming areas; and adding smart shared services to create a new level of "affordable living." It took place in the IDC Auditorium on January 16, 2015.

The Government of India has announced its ambitious Make in India mission. This mission is as dependent on creating new products, manufacturing them, and creating new global brands as it is on systemic reforms and enabling policies. New products, innovative products, successful products—these are what we all want to create. A precondition for competitiveness is the companies' capacity to develop innovative products at optimum quality, cost, and time. Market pressure forces companies to provide products of increased complexity that match individual desires. The conclave aims to disseminate actionable knowledge that people can use and apply immediately in their workplace for developing new products and improving existing ones. This conclave is all about experiencing how design can create a competitive advantage for you, meaning market leadership, increased sales, lower costs through greater efficiency, and, above all, discovering new opportunities for growth. This conference was conducted on September 11–12, 2015, at IIT Bombay in a highly interactive format through structured presentations and workshops.